Jordan
A way into the Levant through Aqaba — and manufacturing that enters the EU duty-free even with 70 % imported materials
Jordan is a small, stable market with the dinar pegged to the dollar. It has had an Association Agreement with the EU since 2002, and industrial trade has been duty-free both ways since 2014. For manufacturers the relaxed rules of origin scheme, running to 2030, matters: a product counts as Jordanian even with 70 % imported materials. A foreigner can own most companies outright, but in trade, construction and some transport the foreign share is capped below 50 %.
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What it makes and needs
It exports phosphates (calcium phosphate), potash fertilisers, phosphoric acid, jewellery and knitwear. The United States is the largest buyer.
Its largest imports are cars, jewellery, packaged medicines, gas turbines and gold. The largest suppliers are China, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Turkey and India.
Money and payments
The Jordanian dinar (JOD), pegged to the US dollar since 1995: USD 1 = JOD 0.709.
Importing into their market
Customs declarations go through ASYCUDA, used by Jordan Customs and by the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority. Food and agricultural goods are inspected at the border by a joint committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, the JFDA and Customs.
Conformity with Jordanian technical regulations and standards is handled by the Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO), which delegates food testing to the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA). Food requires a certificate of origin stating the place of manufacture, and products with dietary claims require prior registration.
Rates are set by the Jordanian customs tariff by HS code and origin. Industrial goods of EU origin are duty-free: the Association Agreement has applied since 1 May 2002 and duties were phased out by 2014.
Bringing their goods into the EU
Industrial goods from Jordan enter the EU duty-free under the Association Agreement (from 1 May 2002, fully since 2014).
Relaxed rules of origin (since 2016, extended to the end of 2030): a product counts as Jordanian even when up to 70 % of its materials are imported. It applies to every factory in the country that employs at least 15 % Syrian refugees. Otherwise the Euro-Mediterranean rules (EUR.1, EUR-MED) apply, with cumulation under the Agadir Agreement.
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